Sentences with phrase «from powerful unions»

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It's a reversal from only three years ago, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo muscled the evaluation law through the Legislature over the objections of the state's politically powerful teachers unions.

Hassell - Thompson has herself endorsed Bailey, and he recently got endorsements from the New York State Nurses and District Council 37, the powerful union.

Other Republicans say they fear that an expected multimillion - dollar media blitz from the state's powerful public - employee unions might panic some upstate senators into backing higher taxes, undermining Skelos» position.

He will have powerful backers from the unions and among the new members, as well as strategic and managerial input from a committed backroom team.

Politico reported last week that one of the president's top political advisers, Patrick Gaspard, took home nearly $ 40,000 last year from one of the country's most powerful labor unions — without telling a soul.

The Commission, the powerful executive arm of the European Union (EU) is composed of one representative from each of the EU's 28 Member States, and is responsible for upholding the Union's treaties, for proposing legislation and implementing decisions, and for the day - to - day running of the EU institutions.

Anthony Weiner shouldn't count on a mayoral endorsement from the city's powerful teachers union.

Legislative leaders, under pressure from the politically powerful teachers union to restrict access to the information further than would occur under Cuomo's plan, have yet to come up with proposals of their own.

But many of his proposals — such as toughening up evaluation systems teachers barely agreed to in the first place, firing teachers with bad ratings, tying tenure to evaluations, and increasing the cap on charter schools — are sure to be met with ire from politically powerful state and city teachers union.

Kevin Finnegan, the political director of the powerful healthcare workers union, 1199 SEIU, also defended Quinn, saying there was nothing more she could have done to save the hospital from closing.

For the first time in more than a decade, the State Senate Republicans isn't getting any money from the state's powerful health care workers» union, SEIU 1199, at election time.

Democratic Congressional hopeful Rory Lancman has received the backing of the powerful 32BJ service union, a move that backers hope will provide a major boost of on - the - ground politically aid from the well - organized labor group.

A hefty 11th - hour campaign contribution from a powerful labor union, the Communications Workers of America, to the Nassau County Democratic Party to help Assemblyman Todd Kainsky's Senate campaign is raising eyebrows in light of the fund - raising scandal that has engulfed de Blasio.

The northern MP has strong union support, but could face opposition from Labour's still - powerful Blairite faction.

Most Republican delegates have not yet committed to one of the three candidates, a Times Union survey found, but Maragos has an early lead with endorsements from powerful leaders on Long Island.

Opponents include the powerful New York State United Teachers union, which maintains that its members haven't received enough guidance or timely materials from the state to get ready for the Common Core and the new tests.

The most powerful man in Albany isn't accustomed to taking direction from anyone (save his union - boss patrons)-- but you can bet his ears perked up yesterday when former President Bill Clinton publicly pronounced himself strongly in favor of raising New York's charter - school cap.

The Assembly passed a bill Wednesday that would bar public schools from using students» standardized - test scores to evaluate teachers — a priority of the state's politically powerful teachers unions.

Along with other powerful state lawmakers, Perkins has benefited from the teachers union's largesse.

Mr. Cuomo has admitted his education reform agenda will be a tough sell amid pushback from the politically powerful unions, but provided an incentive: he promised to boost an education budget increase from a planned $ 377 million to $ 1.1 billion, but only if the reforms pass.

Speaking from a packed high school auditorium in the South Bronx, Mark - Viverito proposed a far - reaching overhaul of Rikers Island to bring it to the point of closing down and a plan to scrap old warrants from New Yorker's records — policies that could put her ahead of Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration on justice reform and in direct conflict with the city's powerful correction officers» union, the court system and the police department.

In a city where unions are powerful political forces to begin with, Seabrook derived unusual clout from his position at the intersection of multiple lines of influence.

At the same time, a source close to the Queens congressman told The Point, Crowley has channeled pressure from the national party as well as powerful liberal unions.

ALBANY — Bernie Sanders may be the one supporting a $ 15 federal minimum wage, but it's Hillary Clinton who has scooped up support from almost all of the state's biggest and most powerful unions.

Two powerful unions allied with Mr. Cuomo announced on Friday that they were withdrawing from the Working Families Party, a small but influential alliance of labor unions and progressive activists.

Yet Barron, despite his bombast and caustic rhetoric, has his own powerful backers — including endorsements from DC 37, the potent union of city workers, and Rep. Towns.

The allegations against Kellner and continued fallout prompted the loss of powerful endorsements, including some from other prominent politicians and one of the city's largest labor unions.

In the face of the harsh criticism directed at Mr. Clemons, some of his strongest support came from the powerful correction officers» union and its president, Norman Seabrook.

The deal must still be heard in council and approved by members who, for the past two years, have distanced themselves from the issue in order to avoid being targeted by animal rights advocates or the powerful Teamsters union which represents the drivers.

The health care proposals drew a sharp and immediate response from two politically powerful interest groups, the Greater New York Hospital Association and 1199 S.E.I.U., the health care workers» union, which, in a joint statement, said the governor's health proposals were «riddled with inaccuracies.»

A hefty 11th - hour campaign contribution from a powerful labor union to the Nassau County Democratic Party is raising eyebrows in light of the fund - raising scandal that has engulfed Mayor de...

After the agreement, Avella gained significant union support and endorsements from powerful Democrats, such as Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D - Melville).

The Legislature, under pressure from powerful teachers unions and school lobbyists, refused to cut any school aid midyear.

NYSUT also won't be blocking any of its affiliates — most notably the powerful downstate teachers union, UFT — from going their own way in endorsements if they so choose.

A hefty 11th - hour campaign contribution from a powerful labor union to the Nassau County Democratic Party is raising eyebrows in light of the fund - raising scandal that has engulfed Mayor de Blasio, The Post has learned.

Cuomo has already secured endorsements from most of the state's major unions, including the powerful 360,000 - member healthcare workers» union 1199 SEIU.

Rubain Dorancy, an attorney, former teacher and Department of Education administrator, is also running for the seat, picking up an endorsement from the powerful health care workers» union 1199 SEIU last week.

The Cuomo campaign is relying on institutional support from the state's most powerful labor unions for the primary.

According to state campaign finance records posted Monday evening, the Democratic State Central Committee of CA accepted a total of $ 1.59 million in campaign contributions on Sept. 19 — with the overwhelming majority of those funds coming from the state's powerful labor unions, representing teachers, firefighters, engineers and nurses.

Democratic Party central committees in the counties of Del Norte, Kern, Los Angeles, Marin, Mendocino, Sacramento, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Yolo accepted the max - out contribution from one of the state's most powerful public employee unions.

Speaking at Tuesday's Common Council Police Oversight Committee meeting, lawmakers heard from both Police Benevolent Association first vice president John Evans, who renewed the union's call for more powerful guns, and Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda, who said he finds them unnecessary for patrol officers.

The rockets launched from Baikonur became larger - than - life vehicles to the glorious future; they were supposed to conquer space and make the Soviet Union the most powerful country in the world.

Gary Oldman has reportedly pulled out of the next Star Wars movie because it is being made without agreement from members of the powerful Hollywood thespian union, the Screen Actors Guild.

It's at first at coy device, though it becomes less so as the series goes in its machinations from D.C. abstracts to grounded details, ones involving the Teachers Union, a powerful oil lobbyist and former colleague named Remy (Mahershala Ali), Claire's water nonprofit and an ambitious blogger named Zoe Barnes (Kate Mara) who develops a mutually beneficial relationship with Underwood.

And since de Blasio was not endorsed by the powerful teachers union, his victory left some reformers wondering whether de Blasio was, as the Thomas B. Fordham Institute's Mike Petrilli wrote, «untethered from both the 1 percent and organized labor.»

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act was a monumental achievement in 2001 — and the union's greatest political defeat in the modern era — but in subsequent years it was NCLB that found itself being transformed, and ultimately eviscerated, by powerful political blowback from unions and the intransigence of the districts.

And these people are represented by organizations — most prominently, the teachers unions — that are extraordinarily powerful in politics, and are even now taking action to prevent technology from transforming American education.

The unions» efforts to resist change, including powerful media campaigns to prevent citizen referenda on vouchers from being adopted, have been very effective.

Below are highlights from my interview with Richard Iannuzzi, the head of the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT), the state's powerful 600,000 - member union.

Today's NAACP benefits from cash that comes from large and powerful unions — most notably the teachers unions that without fail are trying to deny black and brown families the benefits of school choice.